Drupal Tech Lead

Drupal Tech Lead
Holborn/Hybrid - 1 day per week on site. (Very occasional travel to Wokingham may also be required)
5 months
£675-725 per day - Umbrella only

We are seeking an experienced Senior Drupal Tech Lead to lead development and delivery of some of the largest, most innovative enterprise web projects in the UK and around the world.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Leadership and guidance to other architects, technical and functional team members, establishing best practice guidelines and frameworks, accelerators, and innovative solutions
• Design and deliver appropriate technical solutions
• Lead the continuous improvement of the architecture and development process, practices, tools and techniques
• Coach and mentor others to share knowledge and experience and help grow the team

Key skills/experience:

• In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of Drupal, including experience architecting and developing over multiple Drupal versions
• Experience of deploying and managing applications on the Acquia Enterprise Cloud platform, and knowledge and experience of the Acquia Marketing Cloud product set and their application within a Digital Architecture - including Acquia Site Factory, Site Studio and Personalisation
• In-depth digital platform architecture experience, including awareness of the latest techniques, standards and best practices.
• Proven track record of delivering complex platforms at scale in both B2B and B2C settings
• Excellent knowledge of PHP, including Object Oriented techniques and design patterns.
• Any experience of other modern PHP frameworks such as Symfony is a distinct advantage
• Demonstrable understanding and experience of designing modern digital architectures, including modern JavaScript applications, mobile architectures and development approaches (including native, hybrid, PWA), cloud native architectures on key cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and headless/decoupled architecture patterns
• Experience of leading agile teams and working in an agile manner in a commercial environment
• Experience of delivering web solutions in an integrated environment, with an understanding of how to optimise solutions to gain performance and stability
• Experience of DevOps - including Configuration Management, Environment Management, Continuous Integration/Deployment and Release Management
• Awareness of best practice in enterprise integration, microservices, API development, security and scalability - ideally with experience/certification in one or more architecture methodologies

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!